![Insurance Companys CENVAT Credit Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Rules Services Received Before Restrictive Definition Applied [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/500x300_2111677-insurance-companys-cenvat-credit-appeal-allowed-cestat-rules-services-received-before-restrictive-definition-applied.webp "Insurance Companys CENVAT Credit Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Rules Services Received Before Restrictive Definition Applied [Read Order]")
Insurance Company's CENVAT Credit Appeal Allowed: CESTAT Rules Services Received Before Restrictive Definition Applied [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) allowed the Appellant’s appeal, holding that credit cannot be...
![GST Authorities investigated Service Tax under Guise of Scrutinizing TRAN-1: Calcutta HC Restrains Coercive Action [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/12/250x150_2111656-gst-authorities-investigated-service-tax-under-guise-scrutinizing-tran1-calcutta-hc-restrains-coercive-action.webp "GST Authorities investigated Service Tax under Guise of Scrutinizing TRAN-1: Calcutta HC Restrains Coercive Action [Read Order]")
![Department Cannot Retain RCM Service Tax Without Authority of Law: CESTAT Allows Refund Claim u/s 142(3) [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/250x150_2109478-cenvat-credit-credit-account-taxscan.webp "Department Cannot Retain RCM Service Tax Without Authority of Law: CESTAT Allows Refund Claim u/s 142(3) [Read Order]")
![Internal Material Handling by HSCL Not Cargo Handling and Extended Period Not Invocable: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/250x150_2110378-d0f969b9-4c3b-47f1-b647-444da181eac9.webp "Internal Material Handling by HSCL Not Cargo Handling and Extended Period Not Invocable: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
![Sales Tax Assessment Based on Document Seizure During Survey: Allahabad HC Finds Commercial Tax Tribunals Relief Adequate [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/250x150_2110471-46d93eeb-8a27-4043-a305-c3e9b2fee930.webp "Sales Tax Assessment Based on Document Seizure During Survey: Allahabad HC Finds Commercial Tax Tribunals Relief Adequate [Read Order]")
Break-up of Charges in Builder Agreement Supports Non-Taxability of Parking Fees: CESTAT relief to Omaxe Buildhome [Read Order]
The Delhi Principal Bench of the CESTAT has ruled in favour of Omaxe Buildhome Limited, holding that car parking charges collected during July 2010 to June 2012 were not taxable as part of ...
![Break-up of Charges in Builder Agreement Supports Non-Taxability of Parking Fees: CESTAT relief to Omaxe Buildhome [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/500x300_2110441-cestat-decision-on-parking-fee-tax-taxscan.webp "Break-up of Charges in Builder Agreement Supports Non-Taxability of Parking Fees: CESTAT relief to Omaxe Buildhome [Read Order]")
Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that any payment made under the Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (VCES), 2013 cannot be...
![Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/01/500x300_2109149-service-tax-refund-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Service Tax Amount Paid under VCES Cannot be Reopened or Refunded Later: CESTAT Rules Declaration under Scheme is Final and Binding [Read Order]")
Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an Order-in-Appeal relating to a service tax valuation dispute and remanded the matter to the original adjudicating authority for reconsideration from the ...
![Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/01/500x300_2109295-karnataka-hc-taxscan.jfif "Karnataka HC Quashes OIA Since Issue Already Settled by Coordinate Bench, Remands Service Tax Dispute on Labour Charges [Read Order]")
Demand Under 'Construction of Complex' Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the appellant was not liable to pay service tax for the period before 1 July 2010, and consequently...
![Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108165-cestat-mumbai-service-tax-demandtaxscan.webp "Demand Under Construction of Complex Invalid for Composite Contracts Prior to 2010: CESTAT Sets Aside Service Tax Demand [Read Order]")
S. 83 Attachment under GST Lapses after One Year: Delhi HC orders Release of Bank A/c subject to Rs. 10L Min Balance [Read Order]
The Delhi High Court held that a provisional attachment order under Section 83 of the Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (GST Act) cannot continue beyond its statutory one-year period, directing the...
![S. 83 Attachment under GST Lapses after One Year: Delhi HC orders Release of Bank A/c subject to Rs. 10L Min Balance [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/500x300_2108499-delhi-hc-operation-of-accounts-by-petitioner-taxscan.webp "S. 83 Attachment under GST Lapses after One Year: Delhi HC orders Release of Bank A/c subject to Rs. 10L Min Balance [Read Order]")
Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that black tea qualifies as an agricultural produce and accordingly, commission paid to foreign agents...
![Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/26/500x300_2108147-service-taxexport.webp "Black Tea Falls Within Agricultural Produce Definition: CESTAT Holds Service Tax on Export Brokerage Unsustainable [Read Order]")
Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]
The bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Chandigarh ( CESTAT ), held that services used for constructing a railway siding for a public sector power utility qualify...
![Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/28/500x300_2108572-construction-railway-siding-psu-project-eligible-service-tax-exemption-taxscan.webp "Construction of Railway Siding for PSU Project Eligible for Service Tax Exemption: CESTAT Affirms Broad Scope of ‘Railways’ [Read Order]")